Legal Opinion
United States v. Leung Tak Lun, Chico Wong, and Andrew Wong
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1991No. 90-10510 to 90-10512PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAYLOR, District Judge:
This heroin importation and possession trial was the first time the People’s Republic of China and the United States joined to investigate and prosecute a criminal offense. It ended disastrously. The district court granted a defense mistrial motion after a government witness changed his story and other witnesses left the country. Defendants now appeal the denial of their motion to dismiss the indictment on double jeopardy grounds. We hold the defendants have failed to show the conduct leading to the mistrial motion was intended to provoke them into moving for a…
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